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HarnessingYourResourcesto ImproveAttendance

ThroughSchool,FamilyandCommunityCollaborations

December6,2017

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Positive Engagement:Uses caring relationships, effective messaging and a positive school climate to motivate daily attendance.

Actionable Data:Is accurate, accessible, and regularly reported in an understandable format.

Shared Accountability:Ensures chronic absence ismonitoring & reinforced bypolicy

Capacity BuildingExpands ability to work together to interpret data, engage in problem solving,and adopt best practices to improve attendance.

Strategic Partnerships between district and communitypartners address specificattendance barriers and mobilize support for all ingredients

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ActionableData:ChronicAbsence(CA)

Suspension

ImportantDifferences-

• Truancy =unexcusedabsences(s.1003.26(b),F.S.)• AverageDailyAttendance=howmanystudentsshowupeachday• ChronicAbsence=missingsomuchschoolforanyreasonthata

studentisacademicallyat-risk-missing10%ormoreofschool

ExcusedAbsences + Unexcused

Absences+ Chronic

Absence

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AverageDailyAttendanceCanMaskHighPercentagesofCA

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PrevalenceofChronicAbsenteeism• Based on national research, conservative

estimates:• 10% of US students miss 21+ days of school per

year• 14-15% of US students miss 18+ days of school per

year

5-7.5 million students each year!!

• 13/14 OCR data found 6.8 million students missed 15+ days of school

Balfanz&Byrnes,2012;U.S.DepartmentofEducation,OfficeforCivilRights,2016

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EasytoOverlookPatternsofChronicAbsenceinIndividualStudents

GetSchooledInteractivewebpage:

https://getschooled.com/dashboard/tool/343-attendance-counts?type=tool

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PrevalenceofCAinFL

• AccordingtodatareportedtoFLDOEduringthe2015/2016schoolyear,10.10%ofK-12studentswereabsent21+days

318,787 students- anincreasefrom

304,060studentsin14/15

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2015-16 Chronic Absenteeism Rates

Source:EducationInformationandAccountabilityServices,FloridaDepartmentofEducation

0 – 9.9%

10% – 14.9%

15% – 19.9%

20% – 30+%

Statewide Average 10.10%

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PatternsinChronicAbsenceAcrosstheGradeLevels

• RatestypicallydropafterKindergartenthrough5th

• Risesignificantlyinmiddleandhighschool

Balfanz&Byrnes,2012

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ChronicAbsenteeismbyDemographics

Balfanz&Byrnes,2012

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2015-16 SWD Chronic Absenteeism Rates

Source:EducationInformationandAccountabilityServices,FloridaDepartmentofEducation

0 – 9.9%

10% – 14.9%

15% – 19.9%

20% – 30+%

Statewide Average 15.05%

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ImpactofChronicAbsenceDuringEarlyYears

AttendanceWorks,2016

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DoesKindergartenReallyCount?

StudentswhoexperiencechronicabsenceinKindergartenhave:

• Loweracademicperformancein1st Grade

• Lowerreadingandmathproficiencyin3rd grade

• Weaksocialandacademicskillstohelpthestudentengageinlearning

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ChronicEarlyAbsenceConnectedtoPoorLong-termAcademicOutcomes

Chronicabsenceinkindergarten

Lowerlevelsofliteracyinfirst

grade

Lowerachievementasfaroutasfifth

grade

ARhodeIslandDataHubanalysisfoundthatcomparedtokindergartnerswhoattendedregularly,thosechronicallyabsent:

• Scored20%lowerinreadingandmathinlatergradesandgapgrows• 2X aslikelytoberetained ingrade• 2X likelytobesuspended bytheendof7th grade• Likelytocontinuebeingchronicallyabsent

NationalStudentAttendance,Engagement,andSuccessCenter(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017

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NationalStudentAttendance,Engagement,andSuccessCenter(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017

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Center(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017

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Beinginschoolonaregularbasis……drivesstudentsuccess

üExposuretoLanguage:Startinginpre-K,attendanceequalsexposuretolanguage-richenvironments

üTimeonTaskinClass:Studentonlybenefitfromclassroominstructioniftheyareinclass

üOntrackforSuccess:Chronicabsenceisaprovenearlywarningsignalthatastudentisbehindinreadingby3rd grade,failingcourseinmiddleandhighschool,andlikelytodropout

üCollegeandCareerReady:Cultivatingthehabitofregularattendancehelpstudentsdevelopthepersistenceneededtoshowupeverydayforcollegeandwork.

üEngagement:AttendancereflectsengagementinlearningüEffectivePractice:Schools,communities,andfamiliescanimproveattendancewhentheyworktogether.

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Proposed Reasons for Chronic Absenteeism

Barriers/Can’t Aversions/Won’t

Disengagement/Don’t

Something prevents

them from attending

(illness, transportation, child care

or family obligations)

Avoidance of interactions or

events at school (affective or perceptions

physical/psychological safety issues,

school climate, stress)

Would rather be

somewhere else, do not

make the effort to

attend school and/or do not see the value

in school Balfanz&Byrnes,2012

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Florida’sEarlyWarningIndicatorsGradesK-8(1001.42F.S.)

Indicator ThresholdAttendance Studentmissed10%ormoreofschool

days(absences,OSS)

Behavior Oneormoresuspensions(ISSorOSS)

CoursePerformance • CoursefailureinELAormath(anygradingperiod)

• Level1statewidestandardizedassessmentELAandMath

• K-3substantialreadingdeficiencys.1008.25(5)(a)

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Remembering Why

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuUHrx2SOY4

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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement

• BaltimoreCitySchoolsandalocalnon- profitorganization,Eleve8,providedfundingforanAsthmaClinicin3schools.Attendanceimprovedby30%!

• TheNewYorktransitauthorityprovidedfreebuspassestoparentswithschool-agedchildren

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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement

• Communityoutreachandmessagingontheimportanceofattendance

• AbsencesAddUp!• http://absencesaddup.org/the-campaign

• Engagecommunitypartnersinproblemsolvingtoassistindevelopingandimplementinginterventionstobreakdownbarrierstoschoolattendance

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BestPractices:PositiveEngagement

PittsburghPublicSchools• Schoolwideattendanceinitiatives

• BeThereCampaign

OaklandUnifiedSchools• ‘I'mIn’Project

• Sendaletteremphasizingwhatthechildismissinginschool

• Offerassistancetoparentstoensurethechildisinschool.

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RESOURCES

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HowDoWeAddressCA?

CollectDatatoAnalyzethe“Why”ofCA-forGroupsofStudentsPrioritizeResources

ImplementInterventionstoAddressthe“Why”:Health,Transportation,Social/Emotional,SchoolClimate

MonitorEffectivenessofInterventions(EWS:Attendance,Grades,Graduation)

Attendance/CAGoalsConsistentAttendanceCollection(ClassroomProcedures)and

Monitoring(EWS)MessagingtoAllStakeholdersRe:Absences/AttendanceGoals

Policy/PracticeAnalysisRecognition/CelebrationofGood/ImprovedAttendance

HealthPromotionStrategies

ALL

SOME

FEW

CollectDatatoAnalyzethe“Why” ofCA-forIndividualStudentsImplementInterventionstoAddressthe“Why”:Health,Transportation,Social/Emotional,SchoolClimateConsiderWrap-AroundSupportsMonitorEffectivenessofInterventions(EWS:Attendance,Grades,Graduation

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ToolsforSelf-ReflectionSchool-Level• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/School-Self-Assessment-Tool-revised-August-2014.pdf

District-Level• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Community-Self-Assess-1-pager-April-15-Revised-2013-.pdf

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StrategicPartnerships

http://www.ncset.org/publications/essentialtools/mapping/NCSET_EssentialTools_ResourceMapping.pdf

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ToolsforAnalyzingYourData• http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/tools-for-calculating-chronic-absence/

• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DATT-and-SATT-flyer-8.16.16Final.pdf

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ToolsforAnalyzingYourData:RCA

• http://www.floridarti.usf.edu/resources/topic/chronic_absenteeism/index.html

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ToolsforMessaging:AttendanceWorks&NudgeLetters

http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/resources/count-us-toolkit-2017/

https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/absent-students-schools-attendance-nudge-letters/

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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement

• Communityoutreachandmessagingontheimportanceofattendance

• AbsencesAddUp!• http://absencesaddup.org/the-campaign

• Engagecommunitypartnersinproblemsolvingtoassistindevelopingandimplementinginterventionstobreakdownbarrierstoschoolattendance

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PositiveEngagement

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/protective/pdf/connectedness.pdf

TableDiscussion:Planning

• ActionableData• PositiveEngagement• CapacityBuilding• SharedAccountability• StrategicPartnerships

NextSteps….

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ActionPlanActivity

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ContactInformationIrisWilliamsSocialWorkConsultant iriswilliams@usf.edu

AmberBrundage CoordinatorResearch&Evaluationabrundage@mail.usf.edu

Facebook:flpsrti Twitter:@flpsrti

Jose M. CastilloInstitute for School Reform Directorjmcastil@usf.edu

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AdditionalReadingsAllensworth,E.M.,&Easton,J.Q.(2005).Theon-trackindicatorasapredictorofhigh

schoolgraduation.ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttp://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/p78.pdf

Allensworth,E.M.,&Easton,J.Q.(2007).WhatmattersforstayingontrackandgraduatinginChicagopublichighschools. ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttp://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/07%20What%20Matters%20Final.pdf

Allesnworth,E.M.,Gwynne,J.A.,Moore,P.,&delaTorre,M.(2014).LookingforwardtohighschoolandcollegeMiddlegradesindicatorsofreadinessinChicagopublicschools.ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttps://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Middle%20Grades%20Report.pdf

Balfanz,R.,&Byrnes,V.(2012).ChronicAbsenteeism:SummarizingWhatWeKnowFromNationallyAvailableData. Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityCenterforSocialOrganizationofSchools.

Balfanz,R.,Herzog,L.,MacIver,D.,(2007).Preventingstudentdisengagementandkeepingstudentsonthegraduationpathinurbanmiddle-gradesschools:Earlyidentificationandeffectiveinterventions. EducationalPsychologist,42(4),223-235.

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AdditionalReadingsContinuedChang,HedyN.&Romero,Mariajosé2008.Present,engagedandaccountedforthe

criticalimportanceofaddressingchronicabsenceintheearlygrades.NationalCenterforChildreninPoverty(NCCP):TheMailmanSchoolofPublicHealthatColumbiaUniversity.

Connolly,F.&Olson,L.S.2012.EarlyelementaryperformanceandattendanceinBaltimoreCitySchools’pre-kindergartenandkindergarten.BaltimoreEducationResearchConsortium,Baltimore,MD.

Henderson,T.,Hill,C.&Norton,K.2014.Theconnectionbetweenmissingschoolandhealth:AreviewofchronicabsenteeismandstudenthealthinOregon.UpstreamPublicHealth.

Olson,L.S.,2014.WhySeptembermatters:Improvingstudentattendance.BaltimoreEducationResearchConsortium,Baltimore,MD.Retrievedfrom:http://baltimore-berc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SeptemberAttendanceBriefJuly2014.pdf

Chang,H.,&Balfanz,R.,(2016).Preventingmissedopportunity:Takingcollectiveactiontoconfrontchronicabsence.AttendanceWorksandEveryoneGraduatesCenter.